https://mtclinton.com/tags/art/ Recent content in Art on Max Clinton Hugo en-us Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mtclinton.com/posts/vermillion/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mtclinton.com/posts/vermillion/ <p>Red of Titian, red of blood and throne<br> mercury sulfide crushed from cinnabar stone<br> prisoners in Almadén, digging their own grave<br> so that a Cardinal&rsquo;s robe on canvas could be saved<br> toxic dust in lungs, a quarter never returned<br> beauty for the church, while the miners burned<br> Rubens mixed it thick, Shinto gates ablaze<br> Chinese seal paste pressed in ancient days<br> and now centuries later it darkens toward black<br> a slow photochemical rot, no turning back</p>